:) I'm not a university student but my brohter just finished his first year of university. You should comment on his profile. I bet he'd reply. :) http://www.protagonize.com/author/locke THat's the link. :)

i'm a fourth year (i still don't believe it), and i've been living on campus for two years now. heck, i'm on campus right now in my friends' dorm apartment, and it's summer vacation!

anyways, an undergraduate is a university student who has not yet graduated, which means he are working towards his first degree. i am an undergrad, working towards a Bachelor of Arts (BA). a graduate student is, then, a university student who has completed a degree, and a graduate student will be working towards a second or third degree. my friend has a BA and is now completing her Masters degree.

I'm still technically a student... kinda. I've been in and out of university for the last 7 years (crikey). I have a BA and I'm in the middle of an MA (although I may continue to be 'in the middle' of it for a few years to come). To anyone thinking about going to university, I say 'go for it' I've had some of the best years of my life and met some wonderful people both students and faculty. There's the whole learning too :) The only thing I missed was the fact that there wasn't a creative writing module within the English department in my university, so if you're thinking about something along those lines, perhaps check out the curriculum....

It's an interesting process. I'm in my second year right now about to transfer out to UC Berkeley as an Anthro major with an emphasis in archaeology. As soon as I transfer out however I know I'm graduate school bound for my emphasis study. So once I get my BS after my four years are complete, I'm bound for at least another 2 years (pretty sure I'm going for my doctorate. Usually when your at the university the graduate students are typically the TA's (Teaching Assistants). More often then not they are the ones teaching the class instead of the professor because he's off doing ummm....professory things. I'm a little older so it's different to me. My family had no money for me to go to college and I didn't want to get buried in student loans, so I joined the military for 4 years and got my school paid for after that. I'm about the age of most 4th or 5th year students. It's a little different but all in all the same experience.

I like to think I would have 'found a way', but honestly, I think I'd have several children and a trailer next to my parents and grandparents. Essentially in Ireland there is the 'Leaving Cert' and you do your subjects and score your points. If your parents earn below a certian amount (which mine most definitely did), you are entitled to have your fees paid for you and a grant (not a loan, it never had to be repaid) which covers your rent and food. It's awesome, it's one of the VERY few things my government does right.

Well in the states there are a lot of scholarship programs that work the same way. They are provided by all sorts of different people, governement, companies, ethnic groups, societies, colleges. There are way in the states if you know how to find the, Militray service is one of those ways.

I got a bunch of fees waived (or 'paid for' by the college I attended) because of my good grades in school. I kept getting that scholarship since I was also able to keep my grades up in college (aka University over there on the other side of the pond).

It is a lot of work finding those scholarships though. I put some effort into it, but I didn't really need to so I never followed through with anything. Then again, I probably wouldn't have really gotten anything, since my father was well enough off.

Same thing yes since I'm out i have much of my fees waved and since I'm pretty good academically I get a good amount of scholarships that pay for everything school related. It's nice though it makes the monthly stipend provided for me kind of like an extra cushion. you just have to search and dig and at the same time do well academically and you can find a lot of things out there.

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